September also passed in a flash and we will now be hopefully thinking about the winter months.

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1 September News Letter September also passed in a flash and we will now be hopefully thinking about the winter months. DOUBLES CISK LAGER LEAGUE League is now in its 15 th week. Top 3 teams are: Balbarians (86), My Bet (83) and Ozone (78). The athletes with the highest average for this league are Mauro Anastasi (211.83) and Sue Abela (206.04). No new records were recorded this month. MAPFRE MSV LIFE NATIONAL LEAGUES The MAPFRE MSV Life Leagues have just finished round 1, except for Division 3 as they started later. The top three for division III are The Scotsman Pub (32), One For All (24) and Ready Steady Bowl (24), while Supersonic (58), Strike Me Jabaal (56) and Blitzkrieg (54) are the leaders of division 2. Fina lead Division 1 (60 points), followed by Turu s Knights and okmalta.com (both on 54 points). However the latter have a missing match which will be played this Monday. The new pattern for round 2 has also been drawn. We will now be playing on a 42 feet pattern. COMPOSITE AVERAGE The top bowlers as per composite average are: Justin Caruana Scicluna 1 st (208.16), Mauro Anastasi (206.35) 2 nd and Rankin Camilleri (203.04) 3 rd. In the female category Sue Abela retained the top spot (203.57), Tiziana Carannante follows (196.29) while Melissa Swift is 3 rd with (189.77). Youth top bowlers under 21 years of age are: Matthew Magro (188.42), Kurt Attard (182.48) and Edward Xuereb (170.48), and Sara Xuereb (187.06), Alessia Schembri (178.30) and Raquel Xuereb (169.86). BRONZE CUP This month we also had the 4 th Bronze Cup where 28 bowlers participated, most of who were youngsters and Special Olympic Bowlers. In fact there were only two adults who participated: Oscar Fröberg and Matthew Muscat. We also had 3 young bowlers who were new to MTBA competitions, namely from the Summer Lily Club: Justin and Anna Czwalina as well as Sam Bugeja. Well done on your first competition.

2 After playing 4 games to determine who the top 6 will be, it was Kyle Camilleri, who led the men's section. Oscar Fröberg finished in 2 nd place just 1 pin under the leader, followed by Dylan Santillo, young Christopher Fenech, Miguel Xuereb, and Special Olympic player Nicholas Falzon. In the ladies division there were only 8 participants so only 2 would remain out. Contrary to last year, where Kathryn Fenech placed 7 th, this year she clinched the ladies lead at the tender age of 12 years. Following were 4 Special Olympic Bowlers: Natasha Bianchi, Angele Azzopardi, Jessica Farrugia and Graziella Bonnici, whilst Donna Vella clinched the last spot. The Round Robin was played the following day, and with only half the pinfall carried forward, all scores were very close. In fact Kyle and Oscar started with the same pinfall, with Dylan only 6 pins under, and only 35 pins till the 6 th place for the boys. On the other hand there was nearly a 100 pin advantage in the girls division.

3 Natasha won 4 of her encounters and played good games to easily clinch the lead by 92 points. Young Kathryn was a bit flustered during the first game and she could only manage to roll a 74. She soon gained confidence and started playing much better to win the remaining 4 matches and clinch the 2 nd spot. The 3 rd place was still open till the last game, however it was Jessica s experience which prevailed as she bowled the best last game, to snatch 3 rd place by 16 points. The men s section was a continuous tussle of all 6 players till the first 3 games, but by the 4 th one it looked evident that the ones to challenge the title were going to be Oscar Fröberg who lead on 1112 points, followed by Christopher Fenech just 6 points under, and Nicholas Falzon Ironically the last game was between the top two, so whoever won the game would end as the champion. Young Fenech remained composed, rolling a good spare system to beat Oscar This 22 pin lead, coupled with the 20 points for the win, ensured that Chris clinched the title by a comfortable 42 point lead. Two handed Oscar had to settle for 2 nd place, whilst Nicholas Falzon surprised everyone by leapfrogging from 6 th to 3 rd place. Thus this year's Bronze Cup Champions are: Natasha Bianchi, who managed to defend last year s title and is the only player to win this title twice, and Christopher Fenech who can boast of being the youngest ever player to win the Bronze Cup title at the tender age of 11.

4 SWISS TEAM EVENT 4 of our top bowlers namely Justin Caruana Scicluna, Mauro Anastasi, Sue Abela and Justin Caruana Scicluna went to participate in the Swiss Team Event which was held at Bowling Miami. The competition was based on 2 days, and Team Malta succeeded in placing 2 nd from a strong team of 16 teams. Individually they played the following averages over 15 games: Mauro Anastasi (207.93), Justin Caruana Scicluna (205.26), Sue Abela ( handicap) and Kenneth Arpa (194.40).

5 Now we look forward to October as it is packed with activities. First up are the Bank Of Valletta Senior Championships which will be played on 1 st and 2 nd October. Then we have the Senior Open from 5-8 October. The, our National Champions: Mauro Anastasi and Sue Abela will be participating in the European Championships which are being held in Vienna from 23 to 29 October. We wish them both good luck. In the meantime continue to like us on Facebook: and our website: I wish you all a good day! Regards Liliana Spiteri